Boston Dynamics' four-legged robot dog

SoftBank-owned US-based research firm Boston Dynamics has announced that its autonomous four-legged robot SpotMini is in pre-production and will be commercially available in 2019. After 26 years, they are finally getting ready to start selling some robots.The announcement came onstage at TechCrunch’s TC Sessions: Robotics event today at UC Berkeley.“The SpotMini robot is one that was motivated by thinking about what could go in an office — in a space more accessible for business applications — and then, the home eventually,” Raibert said onstage. The company also said it has plans with contract manufacturers to build the first 100 SpotMinis later this year. SpotMini weighs 30 kilograms and can work for about 90 minutes on a single charge.

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